A Man in His Office: The Blind Barber's Adam Kirsch

The business mind behind one of our favorite barber-by-day, bar-by-night hotspots in New York (and, soon, L.A.) shows us the coolest stuff he relies upon when his desk's not covered in spreadsheets By Kurt Soller // Photographs by Mark Iantosca

The Man: Adam Kirsch

The Man: Adam Kirsch

Growing up in New York, Adam Kirsch used to rent old loft spaces and throw parties for his high-school friends — this, in the pre-Giuliani days, when that sort of thing was still possible. He went to college, expecting to be a doctor, but soon discovered nightlife was more his scene. So he moved back and opened the Blind Barber in 2010. Since then, there's been an old-school barbershop in front, which attracts some of the city's most stylish men. And, at night, a dark back parlor turns into the sort of bar that requires a doorman. This open-at-all-hours strategy has paid off: Soon, a second branch will open in Los Angeles, while the 25-year-old Kirsch spends his time turning his storefront business into a lifestyle brand. Headphones, candles, neckties, and other collaborations are in the works, as is further expansion. Wearing J Brand jeans, a Paul Smith sweater, Red Wing boots, and a shirt from What Goes Around Comes Around, Kirsch showed us the office (and objects) that help him accomplish all this work.